Psalms 1

1 O the blessedness of that one, Who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat in the seat of scorners;

“BOOK I” Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

2 But his delight [is] in the Law of YHWH, And in His law he meditates by day and by night:

But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts day and night.

3 And he has been as a tree, Planted by streams of water, That gives its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither, And all that he does he causes to prosper.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth shall prosper.

4 Not so the wicked: But [they are] as chaff that wind drives away!

Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the wicked do not rise in judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous,

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

6 For YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.